SEND Teacher

Featherby Junior School, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6BT

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st January or ASAP

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  10 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (Actual) MSP 1 - 6 £32916 - 45352 Actual Salary UPS 1 - 3 £47472 - 51048

SEND Teacher job summary

Join Featherby Partnerships School as a SEND Teacher
Champion inclusion. Inspire pupils. Shape futures

Hours: 27.5 hours per week Contract: Permanent Time Time Only: 39 weeks per year Start Date: 1st January or earlier Actual Salary: MSP 1 - 6 £32916 - 45352 Actual Salary UPS 1 - 3 £47472 - 51048

About The Role

We are seeking an inspirational and dedicated SEND Provision Teacher to join our team at Featherby Primary, part of the Maritime Academy Trust. This is a unique opportunity to lead high-quality teaching and learning in our specialist provision, while also championing inclusion across the wider school community.

As our SEND Teacher, you will:

• Plan and deliver personalised, engaging learning sequences aligned with EHCP outcomes and the SEND Code of Practice.

• Use a range of assessment approaches to track and celebrate small-step progress, adapting provision as needed.

• Work closely with therapists and external professionals (SaLT, OT, CAMHS, EP) to embed strategies into daily classroom practice.

• Build strong, trust-based relationships with families, keeping them fully engaged in their child’s learning journey.

• Promote inclusive practice across the school, contributing to staff CPD and modelling best practice.

• Support the development of regulation and behaviour plans using trauma-informed, low-arousal and de-escalation approaches.

This is a role where no two days are the same — but every day brings the chance to make a profound difference. Who You Are We’re looking for someone who is:

• A qualified teacher with a passion for SEND and inclusive education.

• Experienced (or confident to develop) in working with pupils with complex needs, including autism and SEMH.

• Creative and flexible in planning learning experiences that meet diverse needs.

• Skilled at building positive relationships with children, families, and colleagues.

• Calm, reflective, and resilient — with a commitment to trauma-informed and child-centred practice.

• A strong communicator who enjoys working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

What We Offer

At Featherby, we pride ourselves on being a warm, nurturing, and ambitious school, where every child is valued. Our SEND provision is central to our inclusive ethos, and we are proud of the work we do to help children thrive both academically and socially.

Here’s what we offer:

• A supportive network of SEND specialists across the Trust (including our award-winning SEND school, Danecourt)

• Bespoke and Innovative CPD that is bitesize, practical training that fits around busy teaching lives delivered via our Learn Upon platform

• Opportunities for career progression, whether within Featherby or across Maritime schools.

• 1:1 devices for staff and pupils, supporting innovative and effective digital teaching

• Access to excellent school grounds, which are regularly used to enhance outdoor learning

• Local Government Pension scheme & National terms & conditions

• Staff wellbeing initiatives including Wellbeing leads and Mental Health First Aiders on site at the school, Employee Assistance Programme, access to the Wisdom app, enhanced maternity and paternity, eye care vouchers, free flu vaccines and cycle to work scheme

Ready to Make a Difference?

We’d love to welcome you for a visit — come and see what makes Featherby Infant & Junior School so special. Please contact the school office on 01634 231984 to arrange.

You’ll find more about the role, school, and Trust in the Candidate Information Pack attached. Apply now via My New Term — we may interview and appoint as applications are received, so don’t delay!

Featherby Infant & Junior School and the Maritime Academy Trust embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and online checks in line with safeguarding guidance.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS clearance and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Featherby Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 358 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Featherby Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/featherby-junior-school

Featherby Junior School is part of the Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich and Kent. Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills.

The Featherby Partnership is made up of 2 schools: Featherby Infant and Nursery and Featherby Junior who are working closely together like one school. We are going forward through an exciting period of change with a new leadership team and a collaborative approach to ensure consistency of high expectations for the whole of the Featherby community. At Featherby you will find a true passion for learning, happy and safe children, a purposeful environment and an inspiring curriculum. We believe these are the key ingredients that make a Featherby child stand out from the rest.

Our vision statement is 'Working together to inspire minds through inclusive and creative practice; aspirations are high for all'. Underpinning this we have our core values of unity, resilience, responsibility, respect, honesty and trust. We are very much a value lead school which underpins our whole approach. Featherby is an inclusive school that supports learners well and encourages them to be independent and take risks in their learning.

We have high expectations of behaviour at Featherby and promote positive praise amongst learners.

Working in collaboration with each other ensures that we build strong relationships with families, children and the wider community to continuously provide children with great learning opportunities!

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